Morris Bruce Vowell
Amherst,OH
Summary
Experienced Homicide and Sex Crimes/Child Abuse Detective with decorated career in law enforcement dedicated to solving criminal cases. Hardworking and conscientious with high integrity and good clear rates. Skillfully obtain evidence and statements with both modern and traditional policing techniques. I have 30 years of outstanding skills in interrogation, case research, and evidence control and collection. Applying knowledge of criminal law to practical cases. Highly skilled in criminal investigation and detective work, with a background that encompasses various aspects of law enforcement. Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, adept at gathering evidence and solving complex cases. Known for ability to lead teams in high-pressure environments to achieve positive outcomes. Contributed to significant reductions in local crime rates through effective investigation techniques and collaboration with law enforcement agencies.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Special Investigator
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Office
Cleveland, OH
12.2021 - Current
- Manage a personal docket of unsolved sexual assault and/or homicide investigations following new leads provided by DNA testing and conduct follow investigations in sexual assaults and homicide cases
- Conduct investigations; locates case files; coordinates and executes search warrants; collects, documents and logs evidence during searches
- Reviews forensic lab reports; locates, gathers and preserves physical evidence; communicates with forensic lab regarding analysis
- Locates and interviews victims, witnesses and suspects
- Conduct surveillance
- Provides investigative and technical assistance to law enforcement agencies
- Serves subpoenas
- Testifies in court regarding investigations
- Prepares investigative reports
- Assists prosecutors in completing case files
- Communicated with a variety of members of the public, family members, outside and County agencies, witnesses, suspects, law enforcement agencies, attorneys, advocate groups, and other investigators
- Attended and participated in group meetings and trainings; and perform all other duties assigned, delegated, or required of the Investigator as well as those prescribed by law
Police Detective
City of Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
03.1991 - 01.2021
- Conducted covert, undercover investigations to uncover ongoing crimes and crimes in progress
- Collected and analyzed intelligence information in relation to investigations
- Successfully processed hundreds of tips while receiving information and initiating investigations for speedy resolutions
- Interviewed suspects, informants, and witnesses to gain clearer picture of criminal acts and collect statements
- Testified in court cases to back up case evidence and detail timelines
- Documented facts and statements gathered from complainants, witnesses and accused persons
- Prepared detailed reports and affidavits for courts by obtaining information through physical surveillance and thorough investigations
- Managed investigations and prepared criminal cases for court
- Obtained and executed search and arrest warrants in full compliance with legal protections
- Executed and obtained search warrants and subpoenas to obtain evidence for resolution of criminal matters
- Produced and submitted accurate and detailed reports to complete files and support criminal cases
- Offered advice, guidance and leadership to junior detectives
- Conducted investigations of suspects and interviewed witnesses to obtain statements
- Secured evidence from crime scenes, bodies and secondary locations, carefully following sound evidentiary practices and chain of custody requirements
- Served warrants for individuals and property searches
- Testified under oath in administrative hearings and criminal court cases
- Spoke with witnesses, collected descriptions and located persons of interest
- Sought out witnesses to obtain information about identifiable violations of local, state or federal statutes
- Managed crime scene investigations by collecting evidence, performing fingerprinting and taking videos and photos of scenes
- Attended autopsies and took detailed notes on information relevant to case investigations
- Managed surveillance of individuals, specific properties and events
- Processed crime scenes and collected substantial evidence to support court cases
- Bagged evidence carefully and verified submission to proper department
- Produced and pursued leads on continual basis
- Performed undercover work in person or through remote communications
- Investigated activities such as Sex Crimes/Child Abuse cases and Homicide cases to build solid cases for criminal prosecution
- Successfully processed hundreds of tips, receiving information and initiating investigation for speedy resolution
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Applied Science in Law Enforcement
Cuyahoga Community College
Cleveland, OH06.1986
Some College (No Degree) - Business Administration Courses
Thiel College
Greenville, PA12.1982
High School Diploma - College Preparatory Courses
South High School CMSD
Cleveland, OH06.1982
Skills
- Testifying skills
- Locating individuals
- Interrogation skills
- Debriefing informants
- Serving search warrants
- Report preparation
- Undercover experience
- Interviewing witnesses
- ORC law understanding
- Firearms knowledge
- Researching skills
- Criminal investigation coordination
- Interrogating suspects
- Evidence collection
- Interviewing skills
- Criminal law knowledge
- Analyzing details
- Case reviews
- Witness interviewing
- Conducting investigations
- Crime solving
- Conducting computer checks
- Judicial procedures
- Interrogation tactics
- Interview techniques
- Surveillance expertise
- Background checks
- Investigative reporting
- Undercover operations
- Crime scene analysis
- Courtroom testimony
- Stakeout planning
- Intelligence gathering
- Evidence processing
- Fugitive location and apprehension
- Interview coordination
- Blood spatter patterns
- Video surveillance systems
- Evidence collection and preservation
- Homicide investigations
- Records handling
- Missing persons investigations
- Case consulting
- Covert investigations
- Due diligence
- Report development
- Calm in crisis situations
- Resource management
- Records management
- Research skills
- Research
- Undercover investigations
- Skilled interrogator
- Ballistics
- Ethical and honest
- Action planning
- Social media investigations
- Deadline and results-oriented
- Investigation management
- Witness interviews
- Auto theft
- Detailed report writing
- Surveillance techniques
- Report generation
- Court testimony
- Crime prevention
- Investigative photography
Certification
- OPOTA CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICER, 07/19/91-RENEWED OPOTA CERTIFIED APRIL 2023
- OPOTA CERTIFICATION DEALING WITH CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS AND UNDERCOVER TECHNOLOGY, 08/27/98 - 08/28/98
- CITY OF CLEVELAND POLICE ACADEMY VICE ENFORCMENT TRAINING CERTIFICATE, 10/18/00
- CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR FOR POLYTESTING NARCOTICS IDENTIFICATION AND SCREENING SYSTEM (NIK), 11/20/00
- OHIO FIRE ACADEMY CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING; 1ST RESPONDER HAZ/MAT/WMD/PPE AWARENESS, 08/25/05
- FEMA CERTIFICATION NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS), 11/04/05
- FEMA CERTIFICATION INTRODUCTION TO THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM, I-100 FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, 06/21/06
- U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES TRAINING PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, 03/21/07
- STATE OF OHIO OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES NORTHERN OHIO VIOLENT CRIME CONSORTIUM FIREARMS INVESTIGATIONS TRAINING, 03/19/08
- CERTIFICATION CLEVELAND POLICE MOUNTAIN BIKE COURSE, 06/30/08 - 07/03/08
- STATE OF OHIO OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES NORTHERN OHIO VIOLENT CRIME CONSORTIUM CHICAGO PSN & SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS IN GANG INVESTIGATIONS TRAINING, 02/20/09
- OPOTA CERTIFICATION CRIMINAL PROCEDURE UPDATE, 10/11/10
- CLEVELAND POLICE ACADEMY DETECTIVE TRAINING, 10/11/10
- U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE FBI TRAINING SCHOOL CERTIFICATION IN VIOLENT CRIME BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS, 10/25/11 - 10/26/11
- OPOTA CERTIFICATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UPDATE, 08/14/12
- OPOTA CERTIFICATION NEGOTIATION CONCEPTS FOR FIRST RESPONDER, 11/08/12
- OPOTA CERTIFICATION NON-FATAL STRANGULATION, 11/14/12
- OPOTA CERTIFICATION CHILD DEATH INVESTIGATION, 04/16/13
- CERTIFICATION FOR BEYOND THE SILENCE FORENSIC INTERVIEWING CHILDREN, 02/05/14 - 02/07/14
- U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS AND THE OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION CERTIFIED INVESTIGATIVE STRATEGIES FOR CHILD ABDUCTION CASES (CHILS ABDUCTION RESPONSE TEAM C.A.R.T.), 04/20/15 - 04/23/15
- COMMUNICATION & CORROBORATION INVESTIGATION & PROSECUTION: SEXUAL ASSAULT, INCLUDING CHILD VICTIMS BY CUYAHOGA COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, 09/17/15
- OPOTA CERTIFIED 2017 LEGAL UPDATE: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REFRESHER, 08/29/17
- OPOTA CERTIFIED 2017 LEGAL UPDATE: ISSUES IN INTERROGATIONS AND CONFESSIONS, 08/29/17
- OPOTA CERTIFIED 2017 LEGAL UPDATE: SEARCH AND SEIZURE LAW
- NATIONAL WHITE COLLAR CRIME CENTER CERTIFICATE OF ONLINE TRAINING DF091 ENCRYPTION, 05/04/19
- NATIONAL WHITE COLLAR CRIME CENTER CERTIFICATE OF ONLINE TRAINING CI091 INTRODUCTION TO PREVIEWING, 05/04/19
- NATIONAL WHITE COLLAR CRIME CENTER CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING DF102 BASIC DIGITAL FORENSIC ANALYSIS: PREVIEWING (BDFA-PREVIEWING) HIGH-TECH CRIME SECTION, 05/06/19 - 05/07/19
- LEADS CERTIFIED, 09/01/19-RECERTIFIED THROUGH CUYAHOGA COUNTY PROSECUTORS OFFICE 2024
- OHLEG SECURITY TRAINING CERTIFICATE 12/21/2021
- FORENSIC GENETIC GENEALOGY TRAINING 03/24/2023
- NORTHEAST COUNTERDRUG TRAINING CENTER SOCIAL NETWORKING CERTIFICATE 06/26/24 THROUGH 06/27/2024.
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SERVICES SECURITY AND PRIVACY TRAINING CERTIFICATE 09/25/2024
- HIDTA LICENSE PLATE READER CERTIFICATE 12/11/2024
Awards
- MEDAL OF HEROISM
- CHIEFS COMMENDATION
- COMMANDER AWARDS
- NUMEROUS COMMUNITY AWARDS
Timeline
Special Investigator
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Office
12.2021 - Current
Police Detective
City of Cleveland
03.1991 - 01.2021
- OPOTA CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICER, 07/19/91-RENEWED OPOTA CERTIFIED APRIL 2023
- OPOTA CERTIFICATION DEALING WITH CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANTS AND UNDERCOVER TECHNOLOGY, 08/27/98 - 08/28/98
- CITY OF CLEVELAND POLICE ACADEMY VICE ENFORCMENT TRAINING CERTIFICATE, 10/18/00
- CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR FOR POLYTESTING NARCOTICS IDENTIFICATION AND SCREENING SYSTEM (NIK), 11/20/00
- OHIO FIRE ACADEMY CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING; 1ST RESPONDER HAZ/MAT/WMD/PPE AWARENESS, 08/25/05
- FEMA CERTIFICATION NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS), 11/04/05
- FEMA CERTIFICATION INTRODUCTION TO THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM, I-100 FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, 06/21/06
- U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES TRAINING PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, 03/21/07
- STATE OF OHIO OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES NORTHERN OHIO VIOLENT CRIME CONSORTIUM FIREARMS INVESTIGATIONS TRAINING, 03/19/08
- CERTIFICATION CLEVELAND POLICE MOUNTAIN BIKE COURSE, 06/30/08 - 07/03/08
- STATE OF OHIO OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES NORTHERN OHIO VIOLENT CRIME CONSORTIUM CHICAGO PSN & SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS IN GANG INVESTIGATIONS TRAINING, 02/20/09
- OPOTA CERTIFICATION CRIMINAL PROCEDURE UPDATE, 10/11/10
- CLEVELAND POLICE ACADEMY DETECTIVE TRAINING, 10/11/10
- U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE FBI TRAINING SCHOOL CERTIFICATION IN VIOLENT CRIME BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS, 10/25/11 - 10/26/11
- OPOTA CERTIFICATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UPDATE, 08/14/12
- OPOTA CERTIFICATION NEGOTIATION CONCEPTS FOR FIRST RESPONDER, 11/08/12
- OPOTA CERTIFICATION NON-FATAL STRANGULATION, 11/14/12
- OPOTA CERTIFICATION CHILD DEATH INVESTIGATION, 04/16/13
- CERTIFICATION FOR BEYOND THE SILENCE FORENSIC INTERVIEWING CHILDREN, 02/05/14 - 02/07/14
- U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS AND THE OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION CERTIFIED INVESTIGATIVE STRATEGIES FOR CHILD ABDUCTION CASES (CHILS ABDUCTION RESPONSE TEAM C.A.R.T.), 04/20/15 - 04/23/15
- COMMUNICATION & CORROBORATION INVESTIGATION & PROSECUTION: SEXUAL ASSAULT, INCLUDING CHILD VICTIMS BY CUYAHOGA COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, 09/17/15
- OPOTA CERTIFIED 2017 LEGAL UPDATE: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REFRESHER, 08/29/17
- OPOTA CERTIFIED 2017 LEGAL UPDATE: ISSUES IN INTERROGATIONS AND CONFESSIONS, 08/29/17
- OPOTA CERTIFIED 2017 LEGAL UPDATE: SEARCH AND SEIZURE LAW
- NATIONAL WHITE COLLAR CRIME CENTER CERTIFICATE OF ONLINE TRAINING DF091 ENCRYPTION, 05/04/19
- NATIONAL WHITE COLLAR CRIME CENTER CERTIFICATE OF ONLINE TRAINING CI091 INTRODUCTION TO PREVIEWING, 05/04/19
- NATIONAL WHITE COLLAR CRIME CENTER CERTIFICATE OF TRAINING DF102 BASIC DIGITAL FORENSIC ANALYSIS: PREVIEWING (BDFA-PREVIEWING) HIGH-TECH CRIME SECTION, 05/06/19 - 05/07/19
- LEADS CERTIFIED, 09/01/19-RECERTIFIED THROUGH CUYAHOGA COUNTY PROSECUTORS OFFICE 2024
- OHLEG SECURITY TRAINING CERTIFICATE 12/21/2021
- FORENSIC GENETIC GENEALOGY TRAINING 03/24/2023
- NORTHEAST COUNTERDRUG TRAINING CENTER SOCIAL NETWORKING CERTIFICATE 06/26/24 THROUGH 06/27/2024.
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SERVICES SECURITY AND PRIVACY TRAINING CERTIFICATE 09/25/2024
- HIDTA LICENSE PLATE READER CERTIFICATE 12/11/2024
Associate of Applied Science - Applied Science in Law Enforcement
Cuyahoga Community College
Some College (No Degree) - Business Administration Courses
Thiel College
High School Diploma - College Preparatory Courses
South High School CMSD
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